I’m a sucker for Godfather references and Peggy Noonan, speaker at the John Locke Foundation’s 18th anniversary dinner, has a good one this week:
[McCain is] like Moe Greene in “The Godfather,” when Michael Corleone tells him he’s going to buy him out. “Do you know who I am? I’m Moe Greene. I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders.” I’ve been on the firing line, punk. I am the voice of surviving conservatism.
This doesn’t always go over so well. Mr. Giuliani seems to know Mr. McCain is Moe Greene. Mr. Huckabee probably thought “The Godfather” was kinda violent. Mr. Romney may be thinking to himself, But Michael Corleone won in the end, and had better suits.
Even though JLF is now old enough to vote, don’t expect any endorsements – just good policy recommendations for state and local officials.
